*** Sorry, these books are sold out now ***
We recently acquired 10 Brand New, Hardback copies of:
Wendell Berry and Higher Education:
Cultivating Virtues of Place
Jeffrey Bilbro and Jack Baker
Hardback: UP of Kentucky, 2017
(This book has insights about education that are
relevant for churches, as well as universities…)
Before we offer these books to the general public (at a higher, market-rate, price), we thought we’d offer them here for our readers at a steeply discounted price.
$20 + $5 S/H
(Retail price for the hardback is $50!)
Books shipped to Indiana addresses are subject to 7% sales tax.
Book Description:
Prominent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Berry has been eloquently unmasking America’s cultural obsession with restless mobility for decades, arguing that it causes damage to both the land and the character of our communities. Education, he maintains, plays a central role in this obsession, inculcating in students’ minds the American dream of moving up and moving on.
Drawing on Berry’s essays, fiction, and poetry, Jack R. Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro illuminate the influential thinker’s vision for higher education in this pathbreaking study. Each chapter begins with an examination of one of Berry’s fictional narratives and then goes on to consider how the passage inspires new ways of thinking about the university’s mission. Throughout, Baker and Bilbro argue that instead of training students to live in their careers, universities should educate students to inhabit and serve their places. The authors also offer practical suggestions for how students, teachers, and administrators might begin implementing these ideas.
Baker and Bilbro conclude that institutions guided by Berry’s vision might cultivate citizens who can begin the work of healing their communities—graduates who have been educated for responsible membership in a family, a community, or a polity.
C. Christopher Smith is the founding editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is also author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (Brazos Press, 2019). Connect with him online at: C-Christopher-Smith.com
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